May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Please join the Library of Virginia as we recognize this month. According to the 2020 United…
Cara GriggsApril 29, 2022
Although many years have passed since Local Records staff completed the processing of Isle of Wight County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes Ended, 1774-1937 and the city…
Library of VirginiaApril 6, 2022
In 1793, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring that all free Black and multiracial individuals of Black descent in the state of Virginia…
Lydia NeurothMarch 30, 2022
In the late 1840s, a flood of Irish refugees fleeing the Great Famine filled America’s cities. While most of these immigrants went to the Northeast,…
Bill BynumMarch 16, 2022
For hundreds of years, Virginians have had the right to petition their government. Unlike the right to vote or hold public office during the 18th…
Mari JulienneMarch 9, 2022
Picture a church with the front doors firmly locked, and the keys kept away from the congregation. Then picture a part of the congregation illegally…
McKenzie LongMarch 2, 2022
On her deathbed in 1848, Susan Mills called her brother Henry and her sister Nancy to her bedside. She told them that she wanted her…
Lydia NeurothFebruary 23, 2022
Need to access the website of Governor Ralph S. Northam (2018-2022), which was taken down at the end of this term? The Library of Virginia…
Roger ChristmanFebruary 11, 2022
Editor’s Note: The Library of Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Humanities, sponsors residential fellows during the academic year to conduct in-depth research in the Library’s…
Lois LeveenFebruary 2, 2022
In August 1852, Elizabeth McKennon was accused of assembling with “fifteen negroes” at a house on Second Street in the City of Richmond with the…
Lydia NeurothJanuary 26, 2022
Today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day. While the clever little rodents are ubiquitous in urban and suburban settings today, that was not always so. According…
Vince BrooksJanuary 21, 2022
This northern Shenandoah Valley county is named for John Page, Governor of Virginia from 1802-1805. Land from Rockingham and Shenandoah counties created the county in…
Callie FreedJanuary 19, 2022
If you ever found yourself clicking through the various pages on the Library of Virginia website, you may have come across one detailing the State…
Emeline AlexanderJanuary 12, 2022
The Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP) Grant Review Board met on 16 December 2021 at the Library of Virginia to consider records preservation grant…
Greg CrawfordJanuary 3, 2022
